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Here's another favorite post of mine from the Ask Spike Da Dragon blog I've been running over on Tumblr. If you haven't seen the blog yet, check it out over here: [link]

I think I've said it before, but I'll say it again: I would like to practice drawing people not only better, but faster. I'm actually pretty happy with how Lauren turned out in the final panel, however I ended up spending a good hour just tweaking her appearance and decorating the room she's in (including that Milky Way Galaxy stuff in the back). I need to keep working away at finding some sort of balance with drawing people accurately, yet still draw them quickly for animation purposes.

Yeah Spike, think twice before you say something to your creator. Just look at that brutal and soulless countenance at last panel. Doesn't she look like a monster who is ready to crush you ? [For all mentally handicaped trolls - check the notion "sarcasm" and "irony" in dictionary]

Well not all dragons have wings, like Lung (Asian) dragons, though Spike is obviously not a Lung Dragon, so maybe he's some breed of Draco Terranial Arcturus. Also the green of his fire, lack of fangs, or spark teeth likely signifies that it's not an ordinary fire he breaths but a chemical flame! Just an observation

A drake isn't a type of dragon. Drake is just another word for dragons in general, stemming from the greek drakon and the latin draco. Wyrms however in western mythology don't always have wings, but they're usually serpentine. Spike looks more like a tiny godzilla to me.

Well, without Spike, no letters could be sent directly to the Princess and from Twilight, as we don't know if there's any other kind of mail service for such direct service to the Princess. And it wouldn't be quite as easy to convey the morals each episode has without his help. He also generally plays the role of the "sane person" in the show (keeps things down-to-earth, you could say), and also acts as a "little brother" character for Twilight, which is a great thing to have in place for the young girls watching the show that have little brothers or siblings.

Plus, if you want a more realistic reason, Hasbro wanted him in, and since they fund the show and set some things that MUST happen in order to receive their funding and use their franchise, putting him in the show in an integral way was a requirement.

Soooo... yeah, he's pretty important and absolutely necessary for the show as it is, whether you like it or not, newly-wed Princess Cadence.

He can be a smart mouth every once in a while, but I think the times when he messes up balances things out there. Kind of like Princess Celestia not really knowing every move Discord made and not being powerful enough to take down Queen Chrysalis herself. Spike may sound smart every now and then, but he screws up just as much as (if not more than) the other characters, and I think that helps make him and the other characters much more believable. It's hard to relate to and like a character that's perfect in every way.

And this is just my opinion: it's worth no more than yours or anyone else's. But that's my two cents on Spike's personality.

Yes, I know it's your opinion, and I respect that. You just happened to catch me at a bad time; I haven't exactly had it easy these past few days and have been dealing with some very unfortunate circumstances. Sorry if I came off as being rough on you in any way.

I don't wanna start talking about what I think of Spike and Rarity for the sake of time, but I will say that I like the characters and think the couple is "cute", so to speak. I think it's nice to see Rarity break away from being her whiny, workaholic self and acknowledge Spike's love for her to some degree.

Thank God, yeah, I can see it now. And huh, this show looks even girlier than this one, or at least looks more marketable to small girls. Definitely shares an art style with the Power Puff Girls... What can I say, it looks interesting.